LED bulb "ARC" with incandescent bulb "warm light" and "durability" that can be used at altitude of 30,000 meters

Since the LEDs of lighting fixtures have longer life and power saving than incandescent lamps and fluorescent lights, LEDs are being replaced one by one from incandescent lamps and fluorescent lights regardless of workplace or general households. However, the "clear light" emitted by the LED is "Compared with incandescent bulb light I can not feel warmth"Or"Feel dazzlingThere are opinions such as. To solve such a problem LED bulb "ARC"Is characterized by the shape of an incandescent lamp and the warm light that is reproduced, it has durability against long life and extremely cold environment of about 14 years and strong impact.

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You can see how the ARC's LED light bulb emits light in one shot by watching the following movie.

ARC by Flyte - YouTube


ARC is an LED bulb reproducing the incandescent bulb's "appearance" and "warm light". Sweden's lighting product specialized design brand "Flyte" was created.


Excellent energy efficiency, life expectancy is 30,000 hours. It is possible to use it for about 14 years if it illuminates for 6 hours a day.


In general LEDs,Weak against shocks such as falling, Even if it has a long life, there are delicate faces that break electronics etc. when shock is applied and it does not shine. However, ARC is durable because it has cleared the flight and drop test under severe conditions of altitude of about 30.48 km (100,000 feet) and minus 60 degrees.


The point of toughness is that the body is designed and devised such as being wrapped in a polycarbonate shell resistant to crushing.


ARC in use looks something like this. The shape of the filament shape as a motif emits a warm orange light.


In the connection part, the logo of "FLYTE" of the design brand created is listed.


In the movie, FLYTE's product designer Christopher Higham and creator Simon morris talk about the characteristics of ARC and the hardships in creating and testing.


Product designer Higham says that the light originating from the design like the ARC filament is characterized by warmth like "fire". While the color temperature of the flame is 2000 Kelvin, the light of ARC is 2200 Kelvin at near color temperature.


The warm light emitted by ARC is perfect for putting on the bedside because I do not feel much glare even with the naked eye.


When set up in a general household, warm light illuminates everyday ......


When set up in offices, cafes, bars and restaurants, you can create a relaxing space.


FAQAccording to ARC, by combining with a corresponding dimmer, the brightness can be adjusted between 10% and 100%. As to how to adjust brightness / darkness, click on the image below, GIF movie (capacity 579 KB) is played, you can understand the state of dimming with a single shot.


ARC corresponds to E26 bulb socket and E27 light bulb socket which are commonly used in Japan.


The specifications of ARC are as follows.

◆ARC specification
· Power supply frequency:50 - 60 hz
· Light intensity:70 lumens
· Applicable voltage:90 to 120 volts & 220 to 240 volts
·Power consumption:4 watts
Color temperature:2200 Kelvin
· Corresponding socket:E 26 / E 27
·lifespan:30 thousand hours
·size:It is 59 mm (2.3 in), 182 mm (7.2 in) in height, the length of the translucent shell is 119 mm (4.7 in), the socket part diameter is 45 mm diameter (1.7 inch), the length 95 mm (3.7 inch)


The package looks something like this.


In the movie, I also touched the story of hard work in the durability test which skipped ARC to about 30.48 km (100 thousand feet).


The flight test which ARC rose to an altitude of about 30.48 km (100 thousand feet) was said to have prepared balloons manually.


In the balloons equipped with ARC, it was that they could not be controlled with their own hands during flight. By clicking on the image below, you can play a GIF movie (about 1.18 MB in capacity) and skip the balloon.


ARC continued to shine under the harsh conditions above the clouds at an altitude of about 30.48 km (100,000 feet), minus 60 degrees Celsius. The way the ARC glows at the top of the clouds can be seen with GIF movies (about 1 MB in capacity) by clicking on the images below.


After that, Higham et al. 'S experiment team lost sight of the position of the ARC and the balloon after the experiment ... ...


It seems there was an accident that a fisherman who picked up the balloon got in touch and was able to successfully collect ARC and balloons.


After all, I can retrieve the movie, the durability experiment was a huge success. I proved the durability of ARC.


Design brand Flyte who created ARC has other experiences of commercializing lighting equipment. The first product, the floating LED bulb "Flyte", is a magazine TIME's "Best invention of 2016It is chosen as one of.


In the past, Flyte solicited investment by Kickstarter of the cloud funding site and launched a number of projects to commercialize interior floating in the air. It was chosen as a magazine TIME"Flyte" of a floating bulbWhen"LYFE" of floating plants, And all of these commercialization projects achieved target amounts,Productization of two projectsWhenDuring pre-order before commercialization of latest projectThere is a track record.


Latest project"STORY" of the watch that the needle floats"When Kickstarter solicited investment, it got about 850,000 dollars (about 76.21 million yen) contribution about 8 times against the target amount of 80,000 dollars (about 875 million yen) and achieved the target investment amount. Currently we are promoting commercializationPreorderWe are accepting.


Such design brand Flyte is now looking for investment in ARC's commercialization project with Kickstarter. The target amount was 25 thousand dollars (about 2.7 million yen), but it was about 82 thousand dollars (about 9 million yen), which is three times more than the target amount when we left 21 days until the deadline, It collects.

When you want to get ARC, the investment plan has the following structure.

· $ 34 (about 3,000 yen):ARC × 1 piece * A shipping cost of 19 dollars to Japan (approx. 2 thousand yen) is required separately
· $ 58 (about 6,000 yen):ARC × 2 pieces * Shipping fee to Japan is 25 dollars (about 2 700 yen) separately required * Early Bird Plan Limited 200 pieces
· $ 68 (about 7,000 yen):ARC × 2 pieces * A mailing cost of 25 dollars to Japan (about 2, 700 yen) is required separately
· $ 87 (about 9,000 yen):ARC × 3 pieces * Shipping fee of 30 dollars (about 3,000 yen) to Japan is required separately * Early Bird Plan Limited 200 pieces
· $ 89 (about 9 700 yen):ARC × 1 piece, pendant light socket × 1 piece * Shipping fee of 30 dollars (about 3,000 yen) to Japan is required separately * Early Bird Plan Limited 200 pieces
· $ 145 (about 16,000 yen):ARC × 5 pieces * A mailing cost of 35 dollars (about 4 thousand yen) to Japan is required separately * Early Bird Plan only 70 pieces
· $ 178 (about 20,000 yen):ARC × 2 pieces, pendant light socket × 2 pieces * Shipping fee of 40 dollars (about 4000 yen) to Japan is required separately * Early Bird Plan Limited 200 pieces
· $ 267 (about 30,000 yen):ARC × 3 pieces, pendant light socket × 3 pieces * Shipping fee of 50 dollars (about 5,000 yen) to Japan is required separately * Early Bird Plan Limited 200 pieces
· $ 445 (approx. 50,000 yen):ARC × 5 pieces, pendant light socket × 5 pieces * Shipping charge to Japan is $ 65 (about 7,000 yen) separately required * Early Bird Plan limited 50 pieces

ARC's capital deadline is Japan time in February 18, 2018 (Sunday) at 2:45 AM, and the shipment of products is scheduled for June 2018 in every plan.

ARC: The Ultimate Minimal Dimmable LED Bulb by Flyte - Kickstarter